de-ˈchristianize, v.
[de- II. 1 (OF. had deskrestianer).]
trans. To deprive or divest of its Christian character; to make no longer Christian.
| 1834 Fraser's Mag. X. 17 The Jew-bill has de-Christianised one branch of our legislature already. 1884 Dean Burgon in Pall Mall G. 11 Dec. 1/2 To de-Christianize the place—to disestablish Religion in Oxford—was the great object of those individuals. |
Hence de-ˈchristianized ppl. a., -izing vbl. n., de-christianiˈzation.
| 1869 D. P. Chase in Standard 27 Oct., The De-Christianising of the Colleges of Oxford. 1882 Church Q. Rev. July 434 A dechristianized nation. 1882 W. S. Lilly in Spectator 25 Mar. 391 The dechristianisation and the demoralisation of that country [France] are proceeding pari passu. |